To every plant there are two powers; one shoots down as rootlet, and one upward as tree.


The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Volume 8), Letters and Social Aims, Chapter I (p. 71)


To every plant there are two powers; one shoots down as rootlet, and one upward as tree.

To every plant there are two powers; one shoots down as rootlet, and one upward as tree.

To every plant there are two powers; one shoots down as rootlet, and one upward as tree.

To every plant there are two powers; one shoots down as rootlet, and one upward as tree.